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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM E. wOoD, OE HOUSTON, TEXS.

CAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 290,621, dated December18, 183. Application filed August 31. 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. WOOD, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Houston, inthe county of Harris and State of Texas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Caps; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure lis a top view of the cap with the aps buttoned over the sack or pillow.Fig. 2 is a top view, showing iiaps unbuttoned and pillow folded on topof cap. Fig. 3 is a front elevation, showing the pillow inflated and inposition on the side of the cap. Fig. 4 is a side elevation, and showspillow inflated and in'position at back of cap.

My invention relates to certain improvements in traveling hats or caps,whereby I am enabled to provide a hat or cap with an adjustable pillow,which can be usedwhen desired, and folded up out of the way when not inuse. To accromplish this I attach to a cap an air-tight sack or pillow,which can be inflated when needed, fandlwhen not in use the air can bewithdrawn and the pillowvfolded up out of the way in the top of the cap.This cap is very useful to travelers, as it provides a comfortablepillow or head-rest, which is not more inconvenient to carry andoccupies no more room than the ordinary travelingcap, the particulararrangement of which I will now proceed to describe.

Referring to the drawings, A is the cap, having the sector-shapedsections or naps B fastened to the upper part of thebody of said cap,each flap having a loop or button-hole, a, in its outer end.

C is an air-tight sack or pillow, made of india-rubber or any othersuitable airtight material., Said pillow C is fastened to the cap, andis so arranged that it can be folded up on top of said cap, as shown inFig. 2, and the iaps B buttoned over the same, as shown in Fig. l.'

Dis a nipple, by means of which the sack or pillow is filled with air.Said n ipple forms a button, to which the iiaps B are buttoned when thepillow is not in use, and is folded on top of the cap.

E is a strap, which serves to hold the cap on the head of the wearer.

When it is desired to use the pillow, theh iiaps are unbuttoned, and thesack or pillow inflated. It is then adjusted at any desired position,either on the side or back of the head, as shown in Figs. 3 and et. Whennot in use, the air is withdrawn, and the pillow folded up on top ofthecap, and the flaps buttoned over the same.

Having thus fully described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- As a new article ofmanufacture, a cap having an air-tight pillow secured to the top of 7othe same, provided with a suitable nipple' for inflating the pillow, incombination with fiaps for covering said pillow and securing it in placewhen not inflated, arranged substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' VILLIAM E. VOOD.

Witnesses:

R. W.VJonNsoN, JACOB N. LORD.

